Speeches

Speeches
Lesson : Speech Making
LI: to present a speech which

1. persuades the audience
2. holds the interest of the audience
3. uses appropriate pauses and gestures
4. has a varied pitch and pace
5. you know well enough to maintained eye contact with the audience

Class speech contest will start the beginning of Week 9 (Monday 28 March), so all need to be ready.Year 8 Speech Finals are in Week 11 (Thursday 14 April), this is for our top speech maker.

PB4L Possible Persuasive Speech Topics
LI: to persuade the audience that:

-Students will only learn if there are rules

-Rules are not necessary for students to learn

- Students should make the major decisions about what and how they learn

- Well-behaved students should earn free periods

- Belonging to a House is an important part of school life

- The Government should provide laptops for 21st Century learning

- Students cannot be individuals while they are wearing a uniform

- Everything we need to know is on the Internet so why do we come to school?

- Intermediate-aged students are still too young to be responsible for their actions

- Intermediate-aged students do not need mobile phones

- Even though there are educational programmes about the environment, many students do not really care about the environment at all

- Intimidation happens all the time in life and students need to “harden up” and deal with it

- Bullying is the lowest form of communication between people and there can be devastating consequences

- Young people are influenced by what they see on t.v.

- Certain Play-station and computer games should be banned as they are having a harmful effect on young people

- There need to be stricter guidelines about the types of advertising on television

- Social networking websites such as Facebook, You Tube, Twitter have had a detrimental effect on young people

- Social networking websites such as Facebook, You Tube, Twitter are the communication tools of 2011 and beyond, so we should embrace them and teach young people to use them wisely

- There is no need to be independent when adults are always telling us what to do

- Because they are texting all the time, people do not know how to talk to each other properly

A graphic organiser to help you plan your speech. (Print off or create a screen capture & add the image to your wiki.

Persuasive Writing game

Hamburger Method

Persuasive Words
In Support Of	In Support Against
Accurate Advantage Always/Never Best Certain Confident Convenient Definitely Effective Emphasize Expect Interesting Magnificent Most Most Important Popular Profitable Should Strongly Recommend Superb Superior Tremendous Truly Trustworthy Workable Worthwhile	Aggravate Agony Atrocious Confusing Cruel Damaging Disadvantages Displeased Dreadful Harmful Harsh Horrible Inconsiderate Inferior Irritate Offend Ordeal Outrageousness Provoke Repulsive Severe Shameful Shocking Terrible Unreliable Unstable

Judging Table:

Presentation
-Is there a “gripping” introduction?
- Is the content ordered?
- Did the conclusion bring the speech together?

Speaking Voice
-Is each word clear? (diction)
-Can you hear well? (volume)
-Does the expression vary? (tune)
-Effective pausing? (pace)
-Are the main ideas emphasised?

Subject
-Is the subject well-known?
-Can you hear the Hamburger method?
-Is the speech delivered in the speaker’s own words?
-Are quotes used?
-Is the speech persuasive?

Posture
-Does the speaker appear relaxed yet confident?
-Is there eye contact?
-Interesting, alive face?
-Does the speaker believe what he/she is telling you?

Appeal
-Are you interested?
-Did you learn something?
-Did it amuse or entertain you? ( not necessary in a serious topic)
-Were you persuaded?